Civic leaders want to douse the annual Independence Day fireworks display on July 5 at the Atlas Park shopping center because they fear a spark could fly into a nearby chemical warehouse, triggering a disastrous explosion.
Robert Holden, from the Juniper Park Civic Association, and Kathy Masi of the Glendale Civic Association are asking the city to pull the permit for the popular pyrotechnics show, even though the owner of the Independent Chemical Corp. insisted there is no danger from a professional display.
James Cervino, a marine biologist who lives College Point, said the plastic drums are “vulnerable to superstorms, flooding and fire, especially if there is a fireworks show occurring in the area.”
“All it takes is one shell going awry,” he said.
Company president Jonathan Spielman said he is concerned about vandals breaking into his facility and kids playing with fireworks in the surrounding streets — but not the Atlas Park show.
Apparently the compromise is to allow the show but have HazMat on standby at the site.
9 comments:
Nimby bullstuff !!
Its all electronic with closed ignition buried in sand.
The charge that sends them up is in a launch tube--directed up. The low ground "jibs" are bright but actually have little heat.
Do I have to explain that this is part of the awareness campaign against the homeless shelter?
I didn't know the Atlas Pit had a fireworks show.
did anyone think that debris and embers from those skyrockets could land on those exposed barrels?
duck and cover middle village.
"Nimby bullstuff !!"
It's amazing the number of ignorant posters on this subject especially on the Facebook pages of Glendale Civic and Juniper Civic. So far only one ignoramus on QC.
Before posting a negative comment, do your homework. Google is a useful tool, use it.
They aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer we are talking about. They keep electing Liz Crowley.
Who's paying for the Hazmat?
"from those skyrockets"
Talk about sharpest knives LOL
Rockets haven't been used since the 1950s.
Its all mortars (as in explosive charges in launch tubes) that send up aerial work now. Enjoy Atlas wile you can, a nasty surprise from your electeds may soon be coming.
There is rumor that entire Atlas complex will be taken over by city and used as an annex for Rikers Island. A temporary holding jail center to be used by all of the criminal courts in Queens and Brooklyn. Can anyone confirm?
I can confirm.
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